I’ve been thinking about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a lot in the last week… Continue reading
Funding
The invisible hand of the market
Scientists like to claim – rightly – that they’re free to do research into whatever takes their fancy, but getting funding for it is a different matter. Continue reading
Live and let die
An aversion to asking tough questions in the here and now can lead to a messier and more painful outcome in the future. Continue reading
Excluding elites
If ever there was a word that needed reclaiming from the faux culture wars stoked by right-wing media machines, lost and wounded in an online no-man’s land of internecine strife, it is “elite”. Continue reading
The 9 types of grant reviewers
We’ve already looked at the 9 types of peer reviewers, but you tend to encounter a slightly different breed when it comes grant reviews… Continue reading
Don’t be falling down
A group leader carries the responsibility of securing funding for the group, but it’s a burden, not a secret. Continue reading
Graves’ inversion
A thought experiment: what if career security in academia was inverted, and the positions of junior and senior faculty were reversed? Continue reading
Living to your credit limit
More funding doesn’t mean less pressure. Continue reading
The new dubstep
The same trends that characterise music genres also apply to science funding. Continue reading
Total Internal Reflection 